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shardian:
The simple fact that it is being researched for space and military means the consumer market will eventually see progress. They'll research a whole slew of possibilities, abandon them, then a private firm will pick up where they left off and develop for consumer use.
ChadTower:
There are private firms working on it. I don't have time to seek out urls right now but I've read several articles on private sector advances in the cost/production ratio of solar cells in the past couple of years. There is a slowly growing movement building to use the "useless" Nevada deserts as massive solar farms that, with statistically credible solar cell advances in the next ten years, could be breaking even and powering a substantial double digit percentage of the US grid within the next 30 years.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 07, 2008, 11:15:37 am ---
There are private firms working on it. I don't have time to seek out urls right now but I've read several articles on private sector advances in the cost/production ratio of solar cells in the past couple of years. There is a slowly growing movement building to use the "useless" Nevada deserts as massive solar farms that, with statistically credible solar cell advances in the next ten years, could be breaking even and powering a substantial double digit percentage of the US grid within the next 30 years.
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Environmentalists will never let that happen.
ChadTower:
Ironic, isn't it? Which is more important, the local flora and fauna or global warming? They can't have it all.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: shardian on April 07, 2008, 11:11:22 am ---The simple fact that it is being researched for space and military means the consumer market will eventually see progress. They'll research a whole slew of possibilities, abandon them, then a private firm will pick up where they left off and develop for consumer use.
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No, they are researching in a completely different directionm. Silicon based solar cells will never be the answer for domestic use.
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